1) The same could be said for many private sector positions. 2) This assumes your money is yours & not a form of currency issued by the country you're doing bu

1) The same could be said for many private sector positions. 2) This assumes your money is yours & not a form of currency issued by the country you're doing business in. Suggesting that you'd make a whole lot more money or hire a lot more people if the government hadn't existed or wasn't taxing you as much or at all is a rather naive view. Many have flocked to China exactly because of the outcomes from the way it's government runs the place. Also pushing back an impending economic collapse isn't entirely without short-term economic benefit. 3) People have different ideas on what a productive job or investment is. One could even paint the opposite picture with the US, suggesting that lower interest rates, taxes & deregulating private sectors to "create jobs" lead to a lot of meaningless construction jobs & is just another way to get to the same result.